13See, I am standing beside this spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.


In Context

10 Then the servant took ten of his master's camels and left, taking with him all kinds of good things from his master. He set out for Aram Naharaim and made his way to the town of Nahor.

11 He had the camels kneel down near the well outside the town; it was toward evening, the time the women go out to draw water.

12 Then he prayed, "O Lord , God of my master Abraham, give me success today, and show kindness to my master Abraham.

13 See, I am standing beside this spring, and the daughters of the townspeople are coming out to draw water.

14 May it be that when I say to a girl, 'Please let down your jar that I may have a drink,' and she says, 'Drink, and I'll water your camels too'-let her be the one you have chosen for your servant Isaac. By this I will know that you have shown kindness to my master."

15 Before he had finished praying, Rebekah came out with her jar on her shoulder. She was the daughter of Bethuel son of Milcah, who was the wife of Abraham's brother Nahor.

Genesis 24:13 in Other Translations

The King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:13Behold, I stand [here] by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:

The Douay-Rheims Version of the Holy Bible

24:13Behold I stand nigh the spring of water, and the daughters of the inhabitants of this city will come out to draw water.

The American Standard Version of the Holy Bible

24:13Behold, I am standing by the fountain of water. And the daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.

The Darby Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:13Behold, I stand here by the well of water, and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water.

The English Revised Version of the Holy Bible

24:13Behold, I stand by the fountain of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:

The Webster Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:13Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water:

The World English Bible Translation of the Holy Bible

24:13Behold, I am standing by the spring of water. The daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water.

The Young's Literal Translation of the Holy Bible

24:13lo, I am standing by the fountain of water, and daughters of the men of the city are coming out to draw water;

The American King James Version of the Holy Bible

24:13Behold, I stand here by the well of water; and the daughters of the men of the city come out to draw water: